NLRB complaint: Allegheny Technologies threatened union workers

Source: Post-Gazette

By Len Boselovic

A National Labor Relations Board complaint against Allegheny Technologies accuses the Pittsburgh specialty metals producer of threatening United Steelworkers union members and violating terms of the previous labor agreement.

The 31-page complaint, filed by the federal agency Thursday, alleges the company bargained in bad faith during contract talks to negotiate a new labor agreement to replace one that expired June 30. Allegheny Technologies locked out 2,200 USW members at 12 plants in six states on Aug. 15 after the union rejected what the company said was its final offer.

The company has been operating the plants since then with management personnel and replacement workers.

“This complaint validates every significant charge the USW has made against ATI from the beginning,” USW International president Leo W. Gerard said in a statement issued by the union today.

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